Transcribed 10 September 2005 by Stacey McDowell Dietiker

This transcription is meant to be a guide only. It is the transcriber's interpretation. Always refer to the original document (or microfilm) for your own interpretation.  NO CHANGES will be made to this transcription.  It has been transcribed to the best of the transcriber’s ability exactly as it is on the census record.  A transcription is an exact copy of the original record.  Therefore spellings of names and ages, etc. will not be changed. 

1885 Iowa State Census

Eden Twp. Page 2

 

L#

D#

F#

NAME

Twp

Rng

Sec

Descrip

Age

Bday

1884

Sex

C

Marital

Occupation

Place of

Birth

County If

Iowa

Place of

Birth

Other

State

Place of

Birth

Other

Country

Father

Foreign

Or Native

Mother

Foreign

Or Native

Subject

To

Military

Duty

Entitled

To Vote

Alien

Taken

First

Papers

Alien

Not

Taken

First

Papers

Cannot

Read/

Write

Over

10

Can

Read

Not

Write

Over 10

Deaf

Dumb

Blind

Insane

Idiotic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

Shinn Aseneth

68

25

2

 

56

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Shinn Leander L.

 

 

2

 

27

M

 

S

R. R. Laborer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Shinn Laura A.

 

 

2

 

24

F

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

Blind

4

 

 

Shinn Olive A.

 

 

2

 

22

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Shinn Charles W.

 

 

2

 

20

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Shinn Willis E.

 

 

2

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Shinn Guy A.

 

 

2

 

12

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

8

8

Wallis William

 

 

3

 

57

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Wallis Annie

 

 

3

 

51

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

 

England

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

10

 

 

Wallace Sarah

 

 

3

 

19

F

 

S

 

 

Illinois

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Wallace Ida

 

 

3

 

16

F

 

S

 

 

Illinois

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Wallace Ira

 

 

3

 

13

M

 

S

 

 

Illinois

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

9

9

Gassett Samuel

 

 

2

 

21

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Gassett Ida

 

 

2

 

20

F

 

S

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Gassett G. W.

 

 

2

 

64

M

 

W

Farmer retired

 

Masschusetts

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

16

10

10

Meek G. G.

 

 

11

 

22

M

 

S

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

17

11

11

Gammon G. W.

 

 

10

 

65

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Tennasee

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Gammon Martha

 

 

10

 

65

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Gammon Annie

 

 

10

 

33

F

 

S

 

Monroe

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Gammon Harris

 

 

10

 

30

M

 

S

Farmer

Monroe

 

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Gammon Wayne

 

 

10

 

27

M

 

S

Farmer

Monroe

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Gammon Lee

 

 

10

 

20

M

 

S

Farmer

Monroe

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

12

12

Artt William

 

 

2

 

38

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Illinois

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Artt Annie R.

 

 

2

 

31

F

 

M

Keeping

 

Pennsylvania

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

13

13

Artt Jefferson

 

 

2

 

40

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Indiana

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Artt Isabel

 

 

2

 

38

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Artt Orville

 

 

2

 

11

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Artt Clara

 

 

2

 

13

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Artt John

 

 

2

 

9

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Artt Cora

 

 

2

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

14

14

Dillon Thomas

 

 

11

 

44

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

Ireland

F

F

|

|

|

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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